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NEW ZEALAND OVERSEAS TRAVEL
UP 1% IN MAY 2006
Overseas
travel by New Zealand residents increased by nearly 1,600 trips or 1% in
the month of May 2006. While the April 2006 monthly gain was "VFR"
influenced, the May 2006 increase was very much "business"
influenced, with this segment of the market up 6% on May 2005, while
departures for "holiday" and "business" travel fell
by 0.2% and 0.3% respectively. In total, New Zealand overseas travel was
recorded at 1.87 million in the year ended May 2006 - up by 66,225
departures or 4% - on the same twelve month period of the previous year.
"Holiday" travel rose by 3% with departures for "VFR"
and "business" reasons up 5% and 7% respectively.
By top ten "countries of main destination" (in the 2005
calendar year), New Zealand travel to Australia increased by less than
1% in the month under review, with departures to Fiji up 10% and to the
United States down 18%. Travel to the United Kingdom and China rose by
3% and 4% respectively in the month of May, with departures to the Cook
Islands up 6% and to Thailand up 36%. New Zealand travel to Samoa
increased by 24% with departures to India down 17% and to Hong Kong down
3%.
New Zealand "holiday" travel to Australia, as "area of
main destination", fell by 0.3% in the month of May 2006, with
departures to Europe and North America down 4% and 13% respectively.
Travel to Asia for "holiday" reasons increased by just 1% in
the month under review, with departures to Fiji and the
"other" South Pacific Islands up 11%. "Holiday"
travel to the "other" Americas increased by 83% in May, with
departures to Africa and the Middle East down 6%. Total overseas
departures for "holiday" reasons were recorded at 799,778 in
the year ended May 2006 - up 3% on the May year 2005.
asmal new zealand
update
comprises a three page analysis of New Zealand overseas
travel, published every month as an optional update companion to the
quarterly asmal new zealand travel report.
asmal new
zealand update
contains text summary, charts and tabulations, covering the latest
monthly departure results, including (1) New Zealand overseas
departures by "purpose of travel"; (2) New Zealand
overseas travel by area of main destination; (3) New Zealand
overseas "holiday" travel by area of main destination; and
(4) total New Zealand overseas departures to nearly forty
countries of main destination.
asmal
new zealand update is published on a monthly basis in Acrobat
format and emailed to all
Option Two asmal new zealand travel
subscribers for just an additional NZ$72/AU67 per annum.
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